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... meaning of an If we are left to arrive at a meaning from analogy and context , I should suppose an upcast to be the final cast , or round , the state of the score being such that it must necessarily result in one or other side being ...
... meaning of an If we are left to arrive at a meaning from analogy and context , I should suppose an upcast to be the final cast , or round , the state of the score being such that it must necessarily result in one or other side being ...
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... meaning of " pioned , " he can substi- tute the French meaning of " small twigged , " or bushy hedged . I would that the other difficulties in Shakespere could be as easily and satisfactorily explained . I perceive that I have omitted ...
... meaning of " pioned , " he can substi- tute the French meaning of " small twigged , " or bushy hedged . I would that the other difficulties in Shakespere could be as easily and satisfactorily explained . I perceive that I have omitted ...
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... meaning " the Lord on high , " or , accord- ing to another explanation , " the Lord of the moon ( goiko ) " ; in this case one would fancy St. Jingo would be an oath for lunatics . Can any one give me instances of the early occurrence ...
... meaning " the Lord on high , " or , accord- ing to another explanation , " the Lord of the moon ( goiko ) " ; in this case one would fancy St. Jingo would be an oath for lunatics . Can any one give me instances of the early occurrence ...
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... meaning of the " which his " is cause an expression like this is a common idiom of not " which's . " a classical language , therefore , if used in some other language , it cannot possibly be a vulgarism . The rustic who says , " Nobody ...
... meaning of the " which his " is cause an expression like this is a common idiom of not " which's . " a classical language , therefore , if used in some other language , it cannot possibly be a vulgarism . The rustic who says , " Nobody ...
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... meaning of what he hears or reads ; but that this principle is of universal application is a doubtful point . Some may perhaps say that such a proposition is simply the outcome of a general scepticism , and that , if we do not or cannot ...
... meaning of what he hears or reads ; but that this principle is of universal application is a doubtful point . Some may perhaps say that such a proposition is simply the outcome of a general scepticism , and that , if we do not or cannot ...
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